User:DanTD/songs/List of songs about death

Here is a list of songs about death:

Fear of death

"Arc of Time (Time Code)" by Bright Eyes
"Adam's Song" by Blink-182
"American Pie" by Don McLean
"Atlantic" by Keane
"Black Desires" by Rusty Eye
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
"Calling All Stations" by Genesis
"A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke
"A Most Peculiar Place" by Machine Translations
"Conversation with Death" by Peter Bellamy
"Tha Crossroads" by Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony
"Dance of Death" by Iron Maiden
"Death and the Lady" by Shirley Collins
"Death Don't Have No Mercy" by the Reverend Gary Davis
"Death Have Mercy" by Vera Hall
"Detroit Rock City" by Kiss
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
"Escape From Hellview" by CKY
"The End" by The Doors
"The End" by My Chemical Romance
"Fear of Dying" by Jack Off Jill
"Fear of Heaven" by Rusty Eye
"Dalai Lama" by Rammstein
"Feel" by Robbie Williams
"Fixin' to Die" by Bukka White and Buffy Sainte-Marie
"Fuck Dying" by Ice Cube feat. KoЯn
"Funeral Tango" by Jacques Brel and Scott Walker
"The Ghost of You" by My Chemical Romance
"Gold Mine Gutted" by Bright Eyes
"The Great Gig in the Sky" by Pink Floyd
"Ha Ha You're Dead" by Green Day
"Having A Blast" by Green Day
"Hallowed Be Thy Name" by Iron Maiden
"Heaven Can Wait" by Iron Maiden
"Hope There's Someone" by Antony and the Johnsons
"Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails
"I Don't Wanna Die" by The Unicorns
"The I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin-to-Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish
"I Hope You Die" by The Bloodhound Gang
"I Know the Reaper" by Machinae Supremacy
"It's Not My Time to Go" by Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks
"In My Darkest Hour" by Megadeth
"In This River" by Black Label Society
"Janie's Got A Gun" by Aerosmith
"Kindhearted Woman" by Robert Johnson
"Knife Like a Needle (Victim of Misery)" by Gravity Bomb
"Let There Be Morning" by The Perishers
"Le Moribond" by Jacques Brel
"Love Becomes a Ghost" by Scarling.
"The Mercy Seat" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
"Murder" by Coldplay
"My Death" by Jacques Brel and Scott Walker
"My Name is Death" by The Incredible String Band
"Necrophobic" by Slayer
"Not Now" by Blink-182
"O Death" by Camper Van Beethoven
"O Death" by Ralph Stanley
"On The Run" by OMC
"Platypus (I Hate You)" by Green Day
"Powerslave" by Iron Maiden
"Reach For the Sky" by Social Distortion
"Ride the Lightning" by Metallica
"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks
"See That My Grave is Kept Clean" by Blind Lemon Jefferson
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" by Radiohead
"Them Bones" by Alice in Chains
"A Therapy for Pain" by Fear Factory
"Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" by Muse
"Trapped Under Ice" by Metallica
"What Happens When We Die" by Luke Haines
"When I'm Dead and Gone" by Status Quo
"Who Will Take My Place" by Dusty Springfield
"Will You Miss Me" by The Carter Family
"World Falls" by the Indigo Girls
"World Overdose" by Jack Killed Jill

Death of a loved one

"All The I've Got" by The Used
"Buried A Lie" by Senses Fail
"American Pie" by Don McLean
"High and Low" by Greg Laswell
"Now I run " by Shannon Noll
"100%" by Sonic Youth
"10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)" by Tool
"A Change of Seasons" by Dream Theater
"A Dark Congregation" by The Hush Sound
"A Lifetime" by Better Than Ezra
"A Little Bit Longer" by Jessica Folcker
"A Place Nearby" by Lene Marlin
"A Row of Small Trees" by Garnet Rogers
"Afterglow" by INXS
"Ainomieli" by CMX [1]
"All Hallows Eve" by Type O Negative
"All Dead, All Dead" by Queen (About guitarist Brian May's childhood cat)
"All My Love" by Led Zeppelin
"Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan (about the death of his mother and his father and how he got stood up at the altar. Dude was having a righteously bad day.)
"Alone You Breathe" by Savatage
"Angel" by Sarah McLachlan
"Angel's Son" by Sevendust
"Another Day" by Dream Theater (written by guitarist John Petrucci when his father was dying)
"As Your Voice Fades" by Emery
"Beautiful" by Jennifer Paige
"Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
"Black" by Pearl Jam
"Black Balloon" by The Goo Goo Dolls
"Block of Wood" by Carbon Leaf
"Bye Bye" by Mariah Carey
"(Northbound on) Cahuenga" by Scarling.
"Camisado" by Panic! At the Disco
"Candle in the Wind" by Elton John (first written as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe. Later adapted to mourn the loss of Princess Diana.)
"Cemetery Gates" by Pantera
"Coma White" by Marilyn Manson
"Comfort in Sound" by Feeder
"Country Death Song" by The Violent Femmes
"Cremation" by Lou Reed
"Cries of the Past" by Underoath
"Dance" by Nas
"Dance with My Father" by Luther Vandross
"Danny Boy", a Celtic folk song
"Darkness and Light" by Yonder Mountain String Band
"David's Lamentation" by The Watersons
"Days of Graduation" by Drive-By Truckers
"Death Blooms" by Mudvayne(about Chad Gray's grandmother nearing death and being neglected by family members)
"Death of a Martian" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (about the death of Martian, Flea's dog)
"Death Letter Blues" by Son House
"Dick & Jane" by Bobby Vinton
"Died" by Alice in Chains
"Disappear" by Dream Theater
"Down in a Hole" by Alice in Chains
"Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor" by Eels
"Empire of Light" by Tin Hat Trio
"Empty Garden" by Elton John (about the death of John Lennon)
"End of the Line" by The Offspring
"Eulogy for Emma" by Nerissa and Katryna Nields
"Even in Death" by Evanescence
"Everyone I Love is Dead" by Type O Negative
"Everything Dies" by Type O Negative
"Experience" by Toyah Willcox
"Fiction" by Avenged Sevenfold (about the death of former bandmate Jimmy Sullivan)
"Fifteenth & T" by Swingin' Utters
"Fond Farewell" by Elliott Smith
"For a Friend" by Jimmy Somerville
"For Justin" Dashboard Confessional (about the death of his cousin)
"For My Fallen Angel" by My Dying Bride
"Forever Free" by W.A.S.P.
"Forsaken (Vocal Version)" by VNV Nation
"God's Top Ten" by INXS
"Goin' Out" by Sarah Harmer
"Gone Away" by The Offspring
"Gone Without Goodbye" by Brian Littrell
"Good Die Young" by D12
"Good Man" by India.Arie
"Goodbye" by Patty Griffin
"Green Spandex" by Xavier Rudd
"Halloween Parade" by Lou Reed
"Happy Birthday" by Flipsyde
"Hear You Me" by Jimmy Eat World
"Helena" by My Chemical Romance
"Hello" by Evanescence
"Hey God" by Vince Gill
"Hi Flyer" by theSTART
"Hold On" by Sarah McLachlan
"Hollow" by Pantera
"How Long Will They Mourn Me" by 2Pac
"How to Save a Life" by The Fray
"Hurt" by Christina Aguilera
"I Am Stretched on Your Grave" by Dead Can Dance
"I Believe" by Diamond Rio
"I Can Never Go Home Anymore" by The Shangri-Las
"I Don't Believe in Love" by Queensrÿche (deals with the death of the fictional Sister Mary in the concept album Operation: Mindcrime)
I Had A Dream by Chamillionaire
"I Miss You" by blink-182
"I Miss You" by ...and Then I Turned Seven...
"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie
"I Will Be There When You Die" by My Morning Jacket
"If Heaven" by Andy Griggs
"If I Die 2Nite" by 2Pac
"If I Die Tomorrow" by Mötley Crüe
"If You Were Here" by Poe
"I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans
"In Loving Memory" by Alter Bridge
"In This Life" by Madonna
"Into the West" from "The Return of the King"
"Invincible" by Jesse McCartney
"J.A.R.(Jason Andrew Relva)" by Green Day
"Je moest waarschijnlijk gaan" by Brainpower
"Jed The Humanoid" by Grandaddy
"Jericho" by Hilary Duff (from the film Raise Your Voice)
"Jumper" by Third Eye Blind
"Klavier" by Rammstein
"Lady D'Arbanville" by Cat Stevens
"Lake Charles" by Lucinda Williams
"Last Kiss" by Wayne Cochran Performed by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers and Pearl Jam
"Late" by Ben Folds
"Lazyboy" by the Indigo Girls
"Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las
"Letter to Alan" by Cold Chisel
"Life Goes On" by 2Pac
"Life Without You" by Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Like You" by Evanescence
"Lightning Crashes" by Live (about death in childbirth)
"Limousine (MS Rebridge)" by Brand New
"Lisa" — 3rd Strike
"Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw (Mentions the death of his father, former Major League pitcher Tug McGraw)
"Local Boy in the Photograph" by Stereophonics
"Long, Long Before Your Time" (Irish folk song)
"Long Ride Home" by Patty Griffin
"Los malaventurados no lloran" by Panda
"Love is Blind" by Eve
"Love, Me" by Collin Raye (sometimes accredited as "If you get there before I do")
"Leslie Ann Levine" by The Decemberists
"Lucy" by The Hollies
"Lullabye" by Billy Joel
"Lydia" by Slaid Cleaves
"Mama Said" by Metallica
"Me and My Bitch" by Notorious B.I.G.
"Missing You" by Diana Ross
"Moonight Shadow" by Missing Heart (from Dance Dance Revolution)
"Mourning Son" by Dave Navarro
"Moving On" by Toya
"My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion (from Titanic)
"My Immortal" by Evanescence
"My Angel" by Kellie Pickler
"Nebel" by Rammstein
"Napalm in the Morning" by Sodom
"Never Gone" by Backstreet Boys
"Never Went to Church" by The Streets
"Night Shift" by the Commodores (san Lionel Richie) (about the death of Marvin Gaye)
"No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) by Brian May and Roger Taylor
"Nona" by Mötley Crüe
"Not Even The Trees" by Hootie & The Blowfish
"Not Now" by Blink-182
"November Rain" by Guns N Roses
"Nur Zu Besuch" by Die Toten Hosen
"Once in a Lifetime" by Wolfsheim
"Ohne Dich" by Rammstein
"One Headlight" by The Wallflowers
"One Last Goodbye" by Anathema
"One More Arrow" by Elton John
"One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
"Only the Good Die Young" by Iron Maiden (last song on their concept album "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" about the death of the seventh son of a seventh son)
"Open Casket" by Death
"Our Farewell" by Within Temptation
"Pain of Tragedy" by Cold fusion
"Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones
"People Who Died" by The Jim Carroll Band
"Pictures of You" by The Cure
"Pink Frost" by The Chills
"Pints of Guinness Make You Strong" by Against Me!
"Poison Oak" by Bright Eyes
"Pretty" — Korn
"Quick Fade" by Feeder
"Red Water (Christmas Mourning)" by Type O Negative
"Remember" by Josh Groban
"Rest in Peace" by Brownside
"Rocky" by Austin Roberts
"Rose of Sharyn" by Killswitch Engage
"Say Goodbye" by Girlyman
"Say Hello 2 Heaven" by Temple of the Dog
"Sei Ma Le Losa" by Te Vaka
"Shannon" by Henry Gross (Shannon was his dog. This song is about the death of a pet.)
"Shores of the Swilly" Irish folk song
"Since I Lost You" by Genesis
"Six Feet Deep Geto Boys
"Sleep:Less" by Icon of Coil
"Slipped Away" by Avril Lavigne
"Sodom South Georgia" by Iron & Wine
"Soil" by System of a Down
"Some Fantastic Place" by Squeeze
"Some Mother's Son" by The Kinks
"Someone's Watching Over Me" by Hilary Duff (from the film Raise Your Voice)
"Sonny" by New Found Glory
"Steps Ascending" by Thursday
"Steven" by Senses Fail
"St. James Infirmary" (many versions)
"Suicide Child" by The Nuns
"Take Away My Pain" by Dream Theater - written by guitarist John Petrucci about the death of his father
"Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton
"Teardrops And Closed Caskets" by 2Pac
"Teen Angel" by Mark Dinning
"Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
"The Beekeeper" by Tori Amos
"The Dance" by Garth Brooks
"The First Fall of Snow" by Hank Williams
"The Funeral" by Hank Williams
"The Good Die Young" by 2Pac
"The Last Day on Earth" by Kate Miller-Heidke
"The Rocket" by Fred Eaglesmith
"The Way You Lived" by CKY
"Those Gambler's Blues" by Jimmie Rodgers
"The Real Folk Blues" by The Seatbelts (from Cowboy Bebop)
"The Underwater Song" by theSTART
"This is Not Goodbye" by Melissa Etheridge
"This Time" by Wolfsheim
"Toby" by The Chi-lites
"To Live and Die in L.A." by 2Pac
"To Live is To Die" by Metallica (an instrumental inspired by the death of bassist Cliff Burton, contains many riffs and finally a poem, all written by Burton before his death)
"Travelling Soldier" by Dixie Chicks
"Two Twenty Nine" by Brave Saint Saturn (deals with the death of Reese Ropers grandmother)
"Understanding in a Car Crash" by Thursday
"Unmarked Grave" by David Thomas Broughton
"Until it Sleeps" by Metallica (about the loss of James Hetfield's mother to cancer)
"Untitled" by Simple Plan
"Vermillion Part 2" by Slipknot
"Vertebrae" by Christine Fellows
"View From Heaven" by Yellowcard
"Vivica" By Jack Off Jill
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Green Day
"Watching Over Me" by Iced Earth
"Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance
"We'll Burn the Sky" by Scorpions
"What Sarah Said" by Death Cab for Cutie
"When the Great Man Falls" by Jim Infantino
"When the Rain Falls" by Zetta Bytes (from the film Pixel Perfect)
"When You Come Back to Me Again" by Garth Brooks
"Where I'm Bound Patty Loveless
"White Lightning" by Def Leppard
"Who You'd Be Today" by Kenny Chesney
"Who Knew" by Pink
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" by The Staple Singers
"Winter" by Bayside (band)
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera
"Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd
"With You in Your Dreams" by Hanson
"World of Our Own Making" by Merrie Amsterburg
"Yearbook" by Hanson
"Yesterdays" by Switchfoot
"You Can Still Be Free" by Savage Garden
"You Never Know" by Immortal Technique
"You Were Here" by Sarah Harmer (about the death of her friend and former bandmate Joe Chithalen)
"You'll Be There" by George Strait
"Missing You" by 1st Lady
"Gone Too Soon" by Simple Plan

Philosophising about death

"100 Years" by Five for Fighting
"A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit" by Burzum
"A Most Peculiar Man" by Simon and Garfunkel
"A Perfect Sonnet" by Bright Eyes
"Abschied nehmen" by Xavier Naidoo
"Alles Ist Eins" by Die Toten Hosen
"And the Hero Will Drown" by Story of the Year
"And When I Die" by Laura Nyro
"Annabelle" by Gillian Welch
"Anthem of Our Dying Day" by Story of the Year
"At My Funeral" by The Crash Test Dummies
"A Tout le Monde" by Megadeth
"Boo" by Pinback
"Can You Dig It?" by The Monkees
"Cancer" by My Chemical Romance
"Certain Death" by Rusty Eye
"Cold Cold Ground" by Tom Waits
"Cold Wind" by Arcade Fire
"Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley
"Creeping Death" by Metallica
"Dead" by They Might Be Giants
"Dead!" by My Chemical Romance
"Dear Old Battlefield" by The Incredible String Band
"Death Comes Calling" by Everlast
"Death Comes Ripping" by The Misfits
"Death in Fire" by Amon Amarth
"Death is Not the End" by Bob Dylan
"Declaration of Freedom" by Laibach
"Descend the Shades of Night" — Machine Head
"Die for My Sins" by Sanctuary
"Die With me" by Type O Negative
"Die With Your Boots On" by Iron Maiden
"Do You Realize??" by The Flaming Lips
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
"Dust in the Wind" by Kansas
"Easy/Lucky/Free" by Bright Eyes
"Eclipse" by Pink Floyd
"Emo Screamo" by Joshua Visbal
"Eulogy by Five Iron Frenzy
"Eulogy" by Tool
"Eye of the Hurricane" by David Wilcox
"Fallen Angels" by Aerosmith
"Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance
"Fates Warning" by Iron Maiden
"Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" by The Flaming Lips
"Fight Fire With Fire" by Metallica
"Forgive Me" by Proof of D12 f/ 50 Cent
"For Those Who Died" by Cradle of Filth
"Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Funeral Song" by Crash Test Dummies
"Going Down to Die" by Danzig
"Grave Digger" by Dave Matthews
"Green Man" by Type O Negative
"Ha Ha You're Dead" by Green Day
"Haltet die Welt an" by Glashaus
"Heaven Can Wait" by Iron Maiden
"High Hopes by Pink Floyd
"Hold On" by Good Charlotte
"I Am Going to Hell For This One" by NOFX
"I Remember You" by Slim Whitman
"I Seen A Man Die" by Scarface
"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie
"Idumea" by The Young Tradition
"In My Time of Dying" by Led Zeppelin
"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel
"Infinite Dreams" by Iron Maiden
"Join Me In Death" by HIM
"Lady in Green" by Mary Coughlan
"Life'll Kill Ya" by Warren Zevon
"Life's So Hard" by Tupac Shakur
"Like a Stone" by Audioslave
"Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw
"Long Hard Road Out of Hell" by Marilyn Manson
"Lost in a Contraption" by CKY
"Pretty Suicide" by Space
"Primary" by The Cure
"Meet You There" by Simple Plan
"Mensch" by Herbert Grönemeyer
"Morte O Merce" by Unto Ashes
"Mother Love" by Queen
"Musta Sulhanen" by Jani & The Jetsetters
"No More Lies" by Iron Maiden
"No Prayer For the Dying" by Iron Maiden
"Nothing is Not" by Morbid Angel
"One Last Breath" by Creed
"One of These Days" by Spacehog
"Pity the Dead" by Bad Religion
"Pull Me Under" by Dream Theater
"Pull the Plug" by Death
"Question" by System of a Down
"Redemption Song" by Bob Marley
"Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On" by Dream Theater
"Second Skin" by The Chameleons
"Shadow Lover" by Mercedes Lackey
"Silent Lucidity" by Queensrÿche
"Slipped Away" by Avril Lavigne
"Soil" by System of a Down
"Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
"Streets of Heaven" by Sherrie Austin
"Suicidal Thoughts" by Notorious B.I.G.
"Sunrise, Sunset" by Bright Eyes
"The Big Sleep" by Streetlight Manifesto
"The Call of Ktulu" by Metallica
"The Great Gig in the Sky" by Pink Floyd
"The Lyke Wake Dirge" by Pentangle
"The Old Folks" by Jacques Brel
"The Remembrance Ballad" by Atreyu
"The Show Must Go On" by Queen
"The Truth About Heaven" by Armor for Sleep
"Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" by Muse
"Together Again" by Janet Jackson
"Top of the World" by The Dixie Chicks
"Trapped Under Ice" by Metallica
"Videotape" by Radiohead
"Voice of the Soul" by Death
"Wake Up" by Arcade Fire
"Was It All Worth It?" by Queen
"Weathered" by Creed
"Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance
"We're Only Going To Die" by Bad Religion
"When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels" by Hank Williams
"When I Go" by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
"When The Angels Sing" by Social Distortion
"What Happens When We Die?" by Luke Haines
"Who By Fire" by Leonard Cohen
"Who Wants to Live Forever?" by Queen
"Why Must We Die?" by Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Joel Zifkin
"Wings For Marie" by Tool
"World Without End" by Five Iron Frenzy
"Worms" by The Pogues
"Searching for a Former Clarity" by Against Me!
"Jesus Christ" by Brand New

Murder

"18 and Life" by Skid Row
"1963" by New Order
"99 to Life" by Social Distortion
"Almas de Venta" by Brujeria
"American Psycho II" by D12 f/ B-Real of Cypress Hill
"Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen
"Anything" by Macarbe
"Battery" by Metallica
"Beheaded" by The Offspring
"Black Friday" by Megadeth
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
"Body Snatchers Forever" by Leathermouth
"Bullets" by Creed
"Cassie" by Flyleaf
"Cat-Eye Willie Claims His Lover" by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
"Chainsaw" by GGFH
"Chapter Four" by Avenged Sevenfold
"Cocaine Blues" by Johnny Cash
"Cop Killer" by Body Count
"Dancin' With Manson" by Therapy?
"The Death of Sarah Lucas" by Luke Haines
"Delia's Gone" by Johnny Cash
"Delilah" by Tom Jones
"Deliverance" by Opeth
"Die, Die, My Darling" by The Misfits
"Drop Dead" by Space
"England Made Me" by Black Box Recorder
"Excitable Boy" by Warren Zevon
"Fantasy Bag" by Therapy?
"Fish Fry" by Big Black
"Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica (5 Guys get murdered on a hill)
"Frankie" by Mississippi John Hurt (Frankie murders Albert for unfaithfulness)
"Getting Away With Murder" by Papa Roach
"Go to Sleep" DMX f/ Eminem and Obie Trice (Cradle 2 the Grave Soundtrack)
"Goodbye Earl" by The Dixie Chicks
"Grinder" by Big Black
"Harvester of Sorrow" by Metallica
"Heaven Sent" by Esthero
"Hey Joe" by Billy Roberts, later recorded by Jimi Hendrix
"How I Could Just Kill a Man" by Cypress Hill
"House of 1000 Corpses" by Rob Zombie
"I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats
"I Never Told You What I Do for a Living" by My Chemical Romance
"I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
"I Used to Love Her" by Guns N' Roses
"ICU" by Hatestar
"I'll Kill You" by X Japan
"I'll Sink Manhattan" by They Might Be Giants
"It Snows in Hell" by Lordi
"It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Fucking Deathwish" by My Chemical Romance
"Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith
"Jungle Telegraph" by Eels
"Killers" by Iron Maiden
"Kill All Your Friends" by My Chemical Romance
"Kill Me" by Space
"Kill Ramierez" by Baader Meinhof
"Kill You" by Eminem
"Kill You" by Korn
"Killing an Arab" by The Cure
"Killing is My Business" by Megadeth
"Kim" by Eminem
"Klavier" by Rammstein
"Life I Left Behind" by Aiden
"Last Caress" by The Misfits
"Like Suicide" by Soundgarden(lyrics suggest it is about a murder which is covered up as a suicide)
"Little Musgrave" by Christy Moore
"Little Sir Hugh" by Steeleye Span
"Long Lankin" by Steeleye Span
"Loved to Death" by Megadeth
"Mack the Knife" by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, later recorded by Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin
"Mama's Gotta Die Tonight" by Body Count
"Masters of War" by Bob Dylan
"Me and Jesus the Pimp in the '79 Grenada Last Night" by The Coup
"Me and the Moon" by Something Corporate
"Mein Teil" by Rammstein
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by The Beatles
"Melody Motel" by Squeeze
"Midnight Creeper" by Eagles of Death Metal
"Midnight Rambler" by The Rolling Stones
"Mr. E. Leon Rauis" by Rasputina
Most songs by Cannibal Corpse
"Murder" by David Gilmour
"Murder in the Rue Morgue" by Iron Maiden
"Murder Was the Case They Gave Me" by Leathermouth
"My Bloody Valentine" by Good Charlotte
"Nine Bullets" by Drive-By Truckers
"Nothing to Gein" by Mudvayne
"Ode" by Creed
"Ol'Evil Eye" by ICP
"Omie Wise" by Doc Watson
"Possum Kingdom" by Toadies {about a murder in Texas}
"Preston Miller" by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
"Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads
"Rapture" - Hurt
"Rastus Russell" by Adrienne Young
"Ride the Wings of Pestilence" by From First to Last
"Rio Bravo" by CKY
"Run Rabbit Run" by Rob Zombie
"Sadie" by Alkaline Trio - about the Charles Manson murders
"Saturday Night" by The Misfits
"Seasons in the Abyss" by Slayer
"Seek and Destroy" by Metallica
"Sniped" by CKY
"Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price
"Steelworker" by Big Black
"Subway Song" by The Cure
"The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34)" by Elton John
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" by Bob Dylan
"The Mariner's Revenge Song" by The Decemberists
"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence
"Timothy" by The Buoys
"Tom Dooley" by Doc Watson
"Trephination" by Machine Head
"Two Weeks From Twenty" by Yellowcard
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Warrant
"Unsolved Child Murder" by The Auteurs
"Valley of Chrome" by Cypress Hill
"Victoria" by Saigon Kick
"Washington Bullets" by The Clash
"The Wedding List" by Kate Bush
"Welcome to Jamrock" by Damian Marley
"Wet Job" by Fingerprintz
"What Sarah Said" by Death Cab for Cutie
"Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue
"Where is She?" by The Killers
"Who Killed Davey Moore?" by Bob Dylan
"With God on Our Side" by Bob Dylan
"You're All I Need" by Mötley Crüe
"Youth of the Nation" by P.O.D.

Suicide

"2112" by Rush
"A Better Place, A Better Time" by Streetlight Manifesto
"A Message for Adrienne" by Underoath
"Adam's Song" by blink-182
"Adios" by Rammstein
"À tout le Monde" by Megadeth
"Asleep" by The Smiths
"Beyond the Gray Sky" by 311
"Beyond the Realms of Death" by Judas Priest
"Blasphemous Rumours" by Depeche Mode
"Can't Stand Losing You" by The Police
"Car Underwater" by Armor for Sleep
"Cemetery Drive" by My Chemical Romance
"Change Your Mind" by The All-American Rejects
"Chop Suey!" by System of a Down
"Cryonic Suspension" by Rusty Eye
"Death, Come Near Me" by Draconian
"Death in Paris" by Vennaskond
"Diamond Smiles" by The Boomtown Rats
"Disappoint" by Assemblage 23
"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
"Don't Hold Your Breath" by CKY
"Drastic Actions" by Bad Religion
"Elevator" by Box Car Racer
"Everything Ends" by Slipknot
"Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.
"Fade to Black" by Metallica
"Forgiven" by Within Temptation
"Goodbye, We're Falling Fast" by Aiden
"Goodbye, I'm Sorry" by ...And Then I Turned Seven
"Hold On" by Good Charlotte
"Holy Enthusia" by Hatestar
"Homecoming/ The Death Of Saint Jimmy" by Green Day
"I Won't See You Tonight" by Avenged Sevenfold
"In My Darkest Hour" by Megadeth
"Jeremy" by Pearl Jam
"Killing Machine" by Judas Priest
"Kurt Kobain" by Proof of D12
"Last Resort" by Papa Roach
"Like You" by Evanescence
"Lookout Mountain" by Drive-By Truckers
"Miss Murder" by AFI
"Music to Commit Suicide By" by Roy Wood
"Nice Shot" by Filter
"Nine Bullets" by Drive-By Truckers
"No Lies, Just Love" by Bright Eyes
"Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
"One" by Metallica
"Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Pepper" by Butthole Surfers
"Reva Thereafter" by Girlyman
"Revelation" by D12
"Richard Cory" by Simon & Garfunkel
"Richard Hung Himself" by D.I.
"Roses for the Dead" by Funeral for a Friend
"Say Goodbye" by Girlyman (other interpretations may exist
"Self-Destruction" by Hatestar
"Schneller Leben" by Die Ärzte
"Silent Waters" by Rusty Eye
"Skin 'O My Teeth" by Megadeth
"Slit Wrist Theory" by 36 Crazyfists
"So Sick of Living This Ridiculous, Faker's Life" by Wristy & The Sunken Glass
"Soil" by System of a Down
"Speed Me Towards Death" by Rob Dougan
"SRXT" by Bloc Party
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" by U2 – dedicated specifically to the 1997 suicide of INXS singer Michael Hutchence
"Stan" by Eminem
"Suicidal Jet" by Unlucky Helldrivers
"Suicidal Thoughts" by The Notorious B.I.G.
"Suicide" by Motörhead
"Suicide" by Thin Lizzy
"Suicide Chump" by Frank Zappa
"Suicide's an Alternative/You'll Be Sorry" by Suicidal Tendencies
"Suicide Hotline" by Insane Clown Posse
"Suicide Letters" by Tech N9ne
"Suicide Note" by Pantera
"Suicide Note" by Kyle Spratt
"Suicide is Painless" by Johnny Mandel (with vocals theme from the Movie MASH 1970, instrumental version theme of TV show MASH 1972-83)
"Suicide Solution" by Ozzy Osbourne
"Surm Pariisis" by Vennaskond
"The Final" by Dir en grey
"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" by The Smiths
"Till My Head Falls Off" by They Might Be Giants
"Today" by The Smashing Pumpkins
"Tomorrow is Today" by Billy Joel
"Tourniquet" by Evanescence
"Try Not to Breathe" by R.E.M.
"Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Uptight" by Green Day
"What's This Life For" by Creed
"When I'm Dead" by Stabbing Westward
"When It Rains" by Paramore
"Why" by Rascal Flatts
"Waltzing Matilda", Australian folk song, involves a swagman killing himself in a billabong
"Yes, the River Knows" by The Doors

Combat

"Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits
"Civil War" by Guns N' Roses
"Disposable Heroes" by Metallica
"Hero of War" by Rise Against
"I Want You to Live" by George Canyon
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan
"Love Vigilantes" by New Order
"Manditory Suicide" by Slayer
"One" by Metallica
"Rooster" by Alice in Chains
"The Trooper" by Iron Maiden
"The Last Letter From Home" by Dropkick Murphys
"Trading War Stories" by 2Pac
"Two Weeks from Twenty" by Yellowcard
"Zombie" by The Cranberries
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by Pete Seeger
"Mama" by My Chemical Romance